JosephineRangel

Ms.Nicdao

ResearchandDigitalLiteracy

18July2016

Drones
Haveyoueverwonderedhowwouldyoubeabletoseefurtherintomountainsanddeeper
intolakesorseaswithoutriskingyourlife.Wellyoucanuseadronetohelpyoulookfurther
intoanything.
Whataredrones?Dronesaresmall
,relativelyinexpensive/expensivemilitarydronesare
usedastargetsincombatpractice,whilehighperformancemodelsmaybeusedinhazardous
reconnaissancemissionsandtocarryandlaunchmissilesagainstenemytargetswithoutexposing
pilotsandtheirfarmoreexpensiveaircrafttoantiaircraftfire.Dronesareusedinsituations
wheremannedflightisconsideredtooriskyordifficult.Theyprovidetroopswitha24hour"eye
inthesky",sevendaysaweek.Eachaircraftcanstayaloftforupto17hoursatatime,loitering
overanareaandsendingbackrealtimeimageryofactivitiesontheground.
Whenyourefully
engagedwitheverysinglepartoftheflightprocess,thatstechnicallynotadrone.saysPerry.
Theabilitytoselfstabilize,tobeabletoholdaGPSbasedposition,thatsthelevelof
autonomythatactuallymakesitanintelligentmachine.
Dronessolveproblems.Manypeoplemaynot
agree
,butdronesdomakelifeeasierfor
humans.Itsnotunusualtoseeadroneflyingaroundthesedaysandgovernmentsaretryingto
implement
laws
thatprotectdroneenthusiastsandthepublic.Butapartfromcasualuse,drones
areincreasinglybeingusedtotacklerealproblems.
InIndonesiaandMalaysia,palmoil

plantationshavebeen
usingdrones
tomonitortheircrops.Ajobthatusedtorequiremanpower
andhelicopterscansimplybedonebyafewdrones.
Likepolice,borderpatrolagenciesare
makinguseofthisnewtoolforlawenforcement.Infact,droneshavebeenpopularwiththisset
forawhile.TheentireU.S.Mexicoborderhasbeenpatrolledbydrones
forthepastthreeyears
.
Now,bordercontrolactually
wantstoarmthedrones
.Immigrationactivistsaregoingtolove
thatidea.
Someproblemsthatcanstillbeimprovedwithdrones
Agrowingnumberofdroneshave
beenflowndangerously
closetocommercialaircraft
,violatingfederalrulesabouttheir
operation.Andseveralweeksago,ahobbydroneflyingabovea
wildfireinCalifornia
forced
officialstheretogroundfirefightingaircraftduetosafetyconcerns.Dronescanalsobeusedto
transportdrugstootherstatesorevenacrosstheborder.Dronesarehelpingtorehabilitatethe
veryideaofwar.Dronespermit,wearetold,precisionairstrikesthatcleanlyandaccurately
takeoutthebadguyswhileleavingtheinnocentuntouched
.
Inconclusiondronescanaffectpeopleslivesbymakingthemprettylazyandjustusing
theirdrones.Thefuturefordronescanbe
DroneswillbeabletoExploreplacesthatwecant

Betterchancesofcatchingcriminalswiththeuseofdrones
Droneswouldbeabletogodeepdowninthesea

Nasawouldputdronesthroughhurricanes


Workcited

Cites:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/thefutureofdrones/
https://dronewars.net/aboutdrone/
http://time.com/3769831/thisishowdroneswork/
http://gizmodo.com/somegoodthingsdronescanactuallydo1475717696